Josh Yee delivers some nice counterweight tricks in his latest video. It's a little on the moody side, so if you're already having a bummer of a day you might wanna come back to it later, but the tricks are pretty solid. Yoyo used is the Axis Mixtape.

Josh Yee delivers some nice counterweight tricks in his latest video. It’s a little on the moody side, so if you’re already having a bummer of a day you might wanna come back to it later, but the tricks are pretty solid.

Josh Yee dropped some new videos in his “Trick Moment” series, featuring Chew Hong Joon, Jordan Shen, Stephanie Haight, and William Woon. These aren’t tutorial videos…the tricks aren’t slowed down or broken down. It’s really meant to capture, as the title says, just a moment of play from various players. It’s a neat idea, and we look forward to seeing more!

Josh Yee dropped a couple of his “Trick Moment” videos, featuring perennial favorites Michael Ferdico and Keiran Cooper, and they’re pretty awesome. In a rare moment of cosmic justice, it would appear that the music for Ferdico’s video actually matches his shirt, which we didn’t think was possible.

Ferdico is one of the most talented unsponsored players out there, super underrated and pretty awesome to hang out with. And Keiran’s spot on the Recess team is damn well deserved both for his tricks and his video work. Really, this is an awesome double feature. Thanks, Josh!

Josh Yee put together a crazy 9-minute video recap of the 2013 US National YoYo Contest that’s definitely worth setting aside the time to watch. Plenty of great talent in there, and Josh’s video skills get better with every release. It’s almost like being there, minus the sunburn and the festive smell of homeless people peeing in the bushes.

Because it is my regional contest, The Bay Area Classic is dear to my heart. Currently held in San Francisco, CA, the BAC always manages to bring together many of the world’s greatest players.

Since I personally never compete, I am always a spectator on the sidelines. I don’t mind this. In fact, I embrace it. Very rarely do you see me without my trusty camera. Since 1998, I have shot video at pretty much every yoyo event I’ve gone to. Some people have said that my work has documented the growth and change of yoyoing over the past 15 years. While I don’t feel I’m worthy of such high praise, I do feel that my videos have made a large impact in the yoyo community. That is why when the BAC committee asked me if I was willing to help shoot freestyles for the event, I gladly accepted. This acceptance, however, came with a downside.

This year, BAC ran freestyles throughout the day (as opposed to the end of the day). While this made everything run much smoother, it meant that I was unable to film tricks for a clip video since I would be busy with freestyles all day. I was pretty bummed, as I really enjoy making clip videos. So, to get my “documenting fix” in, I decided to shoot photographs and maybe hope that I could grab some good video footage at the Official BAC BBQ on Sunday.

My initial video plan was to make a video that showed people hanging out at the BAC BBQ. I wanted to make a sequel to last year’s BAC video, but this time focus on the players themselves, instead of their tricks. I wanted to show all of us hanging out, laughing, having a good time, making up and sharing tricks, and relaxing after a tough competition. This was the plan until I got home and realized that the photos I had taken all weekend showed a much more interesting story.

Over the course of the weekend, I shot approximately 2000 photos using a combination of my iPhone, Lumix LX7, and Sony NEX-5N using (primarily) a 8mm fisheye. If you were in my vicinity at any point this weekend, odds are I took your picture.

Inspired by Kohta’s EYYC 2012 video, this BAC 2013 video shows a different side of the contest filled with friends, family, spirits, camaraderie, yoyoing, and kendama.